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A behind-the-scenes
look at putting oat a
UTV broadcast
Life Sl Times, Page 13
NAU drug arrests surge upward
• Rise in actual drug use questionable
By Jennifer Gurecki
The Lumbeijack
Drug arrests on ihe NAU campus
rose 148 percent between 1992 and
1993.
According to a survey from the
Chronicle of Higher Education of 796
American colleges, drug arrests nation­wide
increased 34 perceni, yet actual
drug use has decreased.
NAU Police Department Sgt. Paul
Capps said he believes the upsvirge in
arrests does not have to do with an
increase of drug use but instead an
overall community awareness.
Hall staff and residence hall residents
are reporting the drug activity to po­lice,
he said, resulting in more arrests.
This theory is supported by a survey
conducted in 1991 by Leisse and Rudy,
who were both NAU employees at the
time the survey was conducted, that
reported 27 percent of students used
marijuana.
Yet a recent Core survey showed that
in the last month, only 18 percent of
students used marijuana.
Laura Souter, freshman undecided
major, said she doesn’t think the major­ity
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“I don’t think there as a drug prob­lem,
but there is no way that kids will
stop using it," she said. “Some will grow
out of it and some won't."
NAU is ranked with the University of
Michigan and the University of Califor­nia
at Santa Barbara, where drug arrests
rose 82 percent and 388 percent, re­spectively.
This trend seems to be continuing in
1996. There are 24 drug cases that were
investigated at NAU since Jan. 1, manv
in which more than one person was
arrested, said NAU Police Department
Sgt. Je m Cox.
Cox said there was a major increase in
the arrests involving marijuana, but not
other types of drugs.
“The tolerance level of people who
don't use drugs is getting lower,” he
said.
Capps said NAUPD is not doing any­thing
differen t, despite the definite rise
in drug arrests. He said he feels the
studentbodyat NAU is more concerned
about drug use, which could explain
the increase.
Cox said another explanation for the
upsurge could be the help NAUPD re­ceives
from the Community Service
Aides. They walk through campus, of­ten
seeing people using marijuana in
-”)Eaif4C*p9 m and
report their firk/togs ta p o lic e
See DRUG ARRESTS. Page 7
There’a always more
than one aide to every
story
Commentary, Page 10
‘UFO’ grounded
• Organization expected to restart next fall
By Nora Burke Joyce
The Lumbrrjack
The temporary dissolution of the Uni­fied
Freshmen Organization has some
members of the group and its advisers in
contention with each other.
Mike Vargas, ASNAU representative for
LTFO, said he was disappointed with the
group's treatment by* its student adviser,
Cindy Newman, sophomore broadcasting
major.
UFO is an organization, sponsored by
Associated Students ofNAU, wh ich is open
to freshmen and transfer students to help
them get more invoked and oriented with
NAU
Vargas said Newman told UFO mem­bers
the group had been dissolved.
“It realh offended us. She ditched us,”
he said.
Vargas said Newman had shown up to
the group’s meetings for the first three
months and then stopped attending meet­ings.
Vargas gave his views at the ASNAU
meeting Thursdav.
“As freshmen, we realh wanted to be a
part of ASNAU and we got dumped on,"
Vargas said at the .ASNAU meeting.
“1 haven’t heard a word or anything
about being stepped on or upset." said
Senator At Large Jeff Sears at the meet­ing
Afterwards, Vargas said, “The whole
episode was our wav of expressing o u t
frustration," in leference to the outcrv
at the meeting
There has been “a lot of miscogunu-nicacion."
Vargas said
Newman sajd as one of the advisers,
she was only responsible for getting t he
group started.
Vargas was not a part of the group
when it was dissolved, she said.
“Mike Vargas resigned (from the or­gan
i zation) weeks before this decision
was made." Newman said.
Howeve r, Vargas said he was involved
with the group until its dissolution.
T h at's 100 percent, absolutely false.
I nevei resigned mv position." Vargas
said
See UFO. Page 7
X T H E
L u m b e r ja c k Northern Arizona University • Flagstaff, Arizona
Volume 94, Issue 8 e c o p y r i g h t 1996 W e d n e sd a y , M arch 6, 1996
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It’s all fun and war games The hate stops
Fernando Hernandez (from left),
sewor political science major,
ex pi a ins the goals of a petit! on to
increase discrimination aware­ness
to juniors Noeiie Herrier.
zoology major; Michelle Honda,
hearth psychology major andTR-Shepherd,
biology major,
morning in the University
Union. The main purpose of the
petition is to "“raise the aware­ness
o1 what’s going on at Arf-zona
State University and to make
sura that it doesn’t happen
again,’ Hernandez said. Two
weeks ago, protesters at the
presidential Republican debate
in Tempe aatd racially motivated
crimes and Incidents have oc­curred
at ASU.
By John Coviello
S o c ia l lo T h e Lumbeijack
Mark Evenson is no stranger to combat.
He is not a general nor is he any longer a
member of the armed forces. Yeu every
weekend, he gathers his fore esrand wages
battle against anyone foolish enough to
Oppose him.
Evenson is a war gamer.
He is a member of a small group of
people who regularly play battle simula­tions
with miniature armies at the Little
3hop of Magic, 1431 S. Milton Road, a
I6cal retail store specializing in games. He
began his hobby by collecting miniatures
vyhen he was 16, and then gradually got
involved with playing wargames.
Wargames try to simulate the tactics and
strategies involved in warfare by using
miniature models made of pewter, plastic
and resi n over tabletops covered with simu­lated
terrain. The miniatures themselves
vary* widely in size but the two most popu­lar
scales are 15 and 25 millimeters from
the base of the miniature to the top of its
?ad
“1 saw the miniatures in a gaming store
in Tucson and I thought they looked cool.
I grabbed one or two and I fried painting
them.’' Evenson said. T hey looked hor­rible
but I still thought they were great.
Then I noticed the games and I picked
them up as well. I would read the game
instructions and wanted to play it so I
would buy more miniatures to build an
army.’'
Evenson said that, while not strictly nec­essary
for play, the painung of miniatures
is a rewarding hobby in itself.
“A painted army is truly a sight tp be­hold.”
he said. “Painting allows yiru to
customize your army's look and it serves to
identity specific regiments from others.
"The prospect of building an army can
seem like a daunting taskat first, especially
once you consider the costs involved. Some
games require you lospend anywhere from
SI 50-to $300 to get started. The secret is to
slowly butld up an armv or choose a game
with low start-up costs like Legions ojSteel
which gives you all you need for $45."
At first. Evenson didn't have much suc­cess
in playing wargames.
“Being the only one around who actu­ally
collected miniatures, I thought that I
would never find someone else to play
with," Evenson said. *That changed when
Game Players opened up. Only then did
Flagstaff have a gaming store where
wargamers could meet and play each
other." v
In 1992. Evenson joined the Air Force
and was shipped off to New York. There he
continued to pursue his hobby, meeting
new wargamers among the airmen.
“In the military you have so much time
on your hands,” he said. "If you have five
miniatures with you, and some of your
paints, you have a great way to pass the
time."
When he returned to Flagstaff he found
out that Game Players had gone out of
business, so he went back to collecting and
painting miniatures.
The hobby is still a popular one in
Flagtstaff.
Michael Fitzpatrick, a co-owner of Little
Shop of Magic, said his advice for people
interested in the hobby is to visit the store
See WARGAMES. Page 7

R oll ‘E m
A behind-the-scenes
look at putting oat a
UTV broadcast
Life Sl Times, Page 13
NAU drug arrests surge upward
• Rise in actual drug use questionable
By Jennifer Gurecki
The Lumbeijack
Drug arrests on ihe NAU campus
rose 148 percent between 1992 and
1993.
According to a survey from the
Chronicle of Higher Education of 796
American colleges, drug arrests nation­wide
increased 34 perceni, yet actual
drug use has decreased.
NAU Police Department Sgt. Paul
Capps said he believes the upsvirge in
arrests does not have to do with an
increase of drug use but instead an
overall community awareness.
Hall staff and residence hall residents
are reporting the drug activity to po­lice,
he said, resulting in more arrests.
This theory is supported by a survey
conducted in 1991 by Leisse and Rudy,
who were both NAU employees at the
time the survey was conducted, that
reported 27 percent of students used
marijuana.
Yet a recent Core survey showed that
in the last month, only 18 percent of
students used marijuana.
Laura Souter, freshman undecided
major, said she doesn’t think the major­ity